Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA by polymerase chain reaction in cerebrospinal fluid in Lyme neuroborreliosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 623-627

  Nocton, James J ^b   Bloom, Bradley J ^c   Rutledge, Barbara J ^d   Persing, David H ^d   Logigian, Eric L ^d   Schmid, Christopher H ^d   Steere, Allen C ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0029737473     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.3.623     Document Type: Article

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